Editing 339: Classic

{{comic
| number    = 339
| date      = November 7, 2007
| title     = Classic
| image     = classic.png
| titletext = Someone get that Pachelbel's Canon kid a recording contract, stat.
}}

==Explanation==
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[[Cueball]] has noticed, while listening to/watching {{w|Stairway to Heaven}} by {{w|Led Zeppelin}}, that (at least some of) the music of the {{w|Baby-boom generation|Baby Boomer generation}} is lyrically better than current music.

The title text refers to {{w|Pachelbel's Canon}} and probably {{w|Lim Jeong-hyun}} whose [video][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJXC5WqbeU] was a {{w|YouTube#Social impact|hit on YouTube}}.

The implication here is that when young viewers who come across older, established, and even legendary artists that have been posted on youtube.com; they don't really get the concept, and just think of them as any other "youtuber". When they see the high level of artistry, skill and "depth" that these great artists exhibit in relation to the webcam videos posted by young people who are mainly singing in their bedrooms; their limited experience leads them to believe that those "baby boomers" are really bringing their A-game when it comes to creating home made youtube clips. Younger Youtubers will need to improve their efforts if they hope to match the skill of those older posters, and stop getting their asses kicked.


An alternative explanation:

I don't think this comic has anything to do with Youtube, but rather with the apparent difference in quality between the music of the baby boomers and that of later generations. It has often been noted that the popular music of the 1960s and early 1970s is, by and large, superior to the popular music that came later. The comic uses Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven as an example. [[Cueball]] realizes that his generation (presumably generation X) has come up short in comparison, and laments that fact.

The 1960s and 70s were an interesting period for popular music. Many new sub-genres were developed, such as phychedelic rock, heavy metal, punk rock, county (or southern) rock and blues rock. Not only that, the artists from that era tend to remain the outstanding exemplars of these types of music, leaving one with the impression that those artists were rock and roll geniuses and later artists are talentless hacks by comparison.

That is to say, for every outstanding Generation X or Y musician (e.g., Nirvana), there are ten outstanding Baby Boomer musicians (e.g., The Who, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead). This is not necessarily true, but it is true that many of the outstanding musicians of the baby boomers' generation remain popular and influential, while few musicians from later eras do.

The title text refers either to {{w|Lim Jeong-hyun}} or a young French guitarist named Mattrach [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAj5LiXG5w], both of whom are widely known for excellent speed-metal versions of Pachelbel's Canon.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball is sitting in front of a turntable, listening to Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.]
:Song: And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our soul

:Song: When all is one and one is all, to be a rock and not to rooooll

:Song [fading away]: And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

:Cueball: Man. The Baby Boomers are kicking our <u>ASSES</u>.
:Cueball: We need to get it together, guys.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball]] listens to the song "{{w|Stairway to Heaven}}" performed by {{w|Led Zeppelin}} using an old {{w|phonograph}}. Led Zeppelin was active during the 1970s, with Stairway To Heaven being released in 1971; as such, the music belongs to the {{w|Baby-boom generation|Baby Boomer generation}}. After the song fades out to the end, he expresses how much it's affected him by stating that the baby boomers are winning over his own generation at music. The way in which the lyrics are written evokes the sound of this particular song as it finishes and fades out.
+{{incomplete}}
+[[Cueball]] has noticed, while listening to/watching {{w|Stairway to Heaven}} by {{w|Led Zeppelin}}, that (at least some of) the music of the {{w|Baby-boom generation|Baby Boomer generation}} is lyrically better than current music.
-The title text likely refers to {{w|Lim Jeong-hyun}}, the guitarist in the YouTube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8 ''guitar''] that went viral in 2006-2007, in which he performed a cover of "Canon Rock," a rock arrangement of {{w|Pachelbel's Canon}}. Alternatively, it may refer to {{w|JerryC}}, the original composer of "Canon Rock," who also performed the song in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by8oyJztzwo YouTube video], though his video did not gain as much popularity as Lim's.
+The title text refers to {{w|Pachelbel's Canon}} and probably {{w|Lim Jeong-hyun}} whose [video][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJXC5WqbeU] was a {{w|YouTube#Social impact|hit on YouTube}}.
-The Classical era was a period in music history (1750 - 1820) that produced many musical compositions still remembered hundreds of years afterward, and the word 'classic' is now used to describe something that remains popular long after its time. The "Baby Boomer generation" is known for having created many musicians still well-loved today, including:
+The implication here is that when young viewers who come across older, established, and even legendary artists that have been posted on youtube.com; they don't really get the concept, and just think of them as any other "youtuber". When they see the high level of artistry, skill and "depth" that these great artists exhibit in relation to the webcam videos posted by young people who are mainly singing in their bedrooms; their limited experience leads them to believe that those "baby boomers" are really bringing their A-game when it comes to creating home made youtube clips. Younger Youtubers will need to improve their efforts if they hope to match the skill of those older posters, and stop getting their asses kicked.
-*{{w|Led Zeppelin}}
-*{{w|The Who}}
-*{{w|Deep Purple}}
+An alternative explanation:
-*{{w|Genesis}}
-*{{w|The Doors}}
+I don't think this comic has anything to do with Youtube, but rather with the apparent difference in quality between the music of the baby boomers and that of later generations. It has often been noted that the popular music of the 1960s and early 1970s is, by and large, superior to the popular music that came later. The comic uses Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven as an example. [[Cueball]] realizes that his generation (presumably generation X) has come up short in comparison, and laments that fact.
-*{{w|Pink Floyd}}
-*{{w|Janis Joplin}}
+The 1960s and 70s were an interesting period for popular music. Many new sub-genres were developed, such as phychedelic rock, heavy metal, punk rock, county (or southern) rock and blues rock. Not only that, the artists from that era tend to remain the outstanding exemplars of these types of music, leaving one with the impression that those artists were rock and roll geniuses and later artists are talentless hacks by comparison.
-*{{w|Jimi Hendrix}}
-*{{w|The Rolling Stones}}
+That is to say, for every outstanding Generation X or Y musician (e.g., Nirvana), there are ten outstanding Baby Boomer musicians (e.g., The Who, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead). This is not necessarily true, but it is true that many of the outstanding musicians of the baby boomers' generation remain popular and influential, while few musicians from later eras do.
-*{{w|Stevie Ray Vaughan}}
-*{{w|Creedence Clearwater Revival}}
+The title text refers either to {{w|Lim Jeong-hyun}} or a young French guitarist named Mattrach [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAj5LiXG5w], both of whom are widely known for excellent speed-metal versions of Pachelbel's Canon.
-*{{w|Grateful Dead}}
-*{{w|The Beatles}}
-*[[Wikipedia:Yes (band)|Yes]]
-*...
 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is sitting in front of a turntable, listening to Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. A guitarist (possibly meant to be Jimmy Page) can be seen in an inset in the top left corner of the first two panels.]
+:[Cueball is sitting in front of a turntable, listening to Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.]
 :Song: And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our soul